PHILADELPHIA— A priest was indicted last week for enticing minors to send him sexually explicit pictures as he posed as a 16-year-old girl named “Katie” on a teen dating website, officials announced…
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Alleged Los Zetas Mexican Cartel Leader Arrested on Drug Charge While Entering U.S.
LAREDO, TX — An alleged leader of Los Zetas, a violent Mexican drug cartel, was charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana after illegally entering the United States in a boat with another alleged…
Four Former Georgia Prison Guards Sentenced to Prison for Beating Inmates
WASHINGTON — Four former members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team or CERT at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Georgia were sentenced Wednesday for federal offenses related the beating of inmates, and the…
Search Warrants Result in Arrests and Seizure of Thousands of Counterfeit DVD Movies
FRESNO, CA—Multiple search warrants and a local probation search were executed on Friday March 13, 2015 in San Jose, Calif. About 75,000 counterfeit music compact discs, 60,000 pirated movie digital video discs,…
Father and Daughter Given Lengthy Prison Sentences for Drug Dealing
PECOS, TEXAS – A federal judge sentenced a father and daughter on Tuesday to 30 years and five months and 17 years and six months, respectively, for drug dealing. Officials said Jose…
Man Admits to Rigging HUD Bidding Process to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
TRENTON, NJ— A man who concocted a scheme with others to secure housing-rehabilitation projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plead guilty to theft of $224,250 in government funds,…
DOJ Releases Critical Report on San Diego Police Department’s Policing Misconduct
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Justice released a critical report today regarding the San Diego Police Department’s practices for preventing, detecting and investigating misconduct, official said today. The San Diego…
U.S. Air Force Veteran Charged in a Bizarre Plan to Join the Terrorist Group ISIL
NEW YORK – A U.S. Air Force veteran, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, who traveled from Egypt to Turkey to cross the border into Syria to join the terrorist group, ISIL, and fight…
Taiwan Businessman Sentenced For Providing Weapons Manufacturing Machinery to North Korea
ILLINOIS – A Taiwan businessman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for supplying North Korea weapons manufacturing machinery, according to officials. According to court documents, Hsien Tai Tsai, 69, was…
Salesman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Odometer Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES – A former car salesman who tampered with the odometer was sentenced today in Los Angeles to one year and one day in federal Prison for Odometer Fraud Scheme, according…
Former Jailers Who Helped Gang Members Smuggle Drugs and Cell Phones Sentenced
BALTIMORE – Former jailers Kimberly Dennis, age 27, and Antonia Allison, age 29, both of Baltimore, Maryland were sentenced this week to 24 months and 20 months in prison, respectively. The two were…
A Mafia Capo Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Admits Being a Leader In the Genovese Crime Family
NEW YORK – A Captain of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra, Daniel Pagano, plead guilty Thursday to racketeering and admitted to being a leader of the criminal enterprise,…